1The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

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2"Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

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Numbers 3:27, Numbers 3:19, Numbers 3:27, Numbers 3:19

3from thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all who enter into the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

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Numbers 4:23, Numbers 4:23, 2 Kings 11:4, 2 Kings 11:12, 1 Chronicles 23:3

4This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting, the most holy things.

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Numbers 4:19, Numbers 4:19, Mark 13:34, Mark 13:34, Numbers 3:30

5When the camp moves forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it,

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Matthew 27:51, Hebrews 9:3, Matthew 27:51, Hebrews 9:3, Exodus 26:31

6and shall put a covering of sealskin on it, and shall spread over it a cloth all of blue, and shall put in its poles.

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Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:15, Exodus 25:13, Exodus 25:15, Numbers 4:7

7On the table of show bread they shall spread a blue cloth, and put on it the dishes, the spoons, the bowls, and the cups with which to pour out; and the continual bread shall be on it.

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Leviticus 24:5, Leviticus 24:8, Leviticus 24:5, Leviticus 24:8, Exodus 37:10

8They shall spread on them a scarlet cloth, and cover the same with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

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Numbers 4:9, Numbers 4:6, Numbers 4:7, Numbers 4:11, Numbers 4:13

9They shall take a blue cloth, and cover the menorah of the light, and its lamps, and its snuffers, and its snuff dishes, and all its oil vessels, with which they minister to it.

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Exodus 25:31, Exodus 25:39, Exodus 25:31, Exodus 25:39, Exodus 37:17

10They shall put it and all its vessels within a covering of sealskin, and shall put it on the frame.

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Numbers 4:6, Numbers 4:12, Numbers 4:6, Numbers 4:12

11On the golden altar they shall spread a blue cloth, and cover it with a covering of sealskin, and shall put in its poles.

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Exodus 40:5, Exodus 39:38, Exodus 37:25, Exodus 37:28, Exodus 40:26

12They shall take all the vessels of ministry, with which they minister in the sanctuary, and put them in a blue cloth, and cover them with a covering of sealskin, and shall put them on the frame.

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1 Chronicles 9:29, 1 Chronicles 9:29, 2 Kings 25:14, 2 Kings 25:15, Exodus 31:10

13They shall take away the ashes from the altar, and spread a purple cloth on it.

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Leviticus 6:12, Leviticus 6:13, Leviticus 6:12, Leviticus 6:13, Numbers 4:11

14They shall put on it all its vessels, with which they minister about it, the fire pans, the flesh hooks, the shovels, and the basins; all the vessels of the altar; and they shall spread on it a covering of sealskin, and put in its poles.

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Exodus 38:1, Exodus 38:7, 2 Chronicles 4:19, Exodus 38:1, Exodus 38:7

15"When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the Tent of Meeting.

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2 Samuel 6:6, 2 Samuel 6:7, 2 Samuel 6:6, 2 Samuel 6:7, Numbers 7:9

16"The duty of Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest shall be the oil for the light, the sweet incense, the continual meal offering, and the anointing oil, the requirements of all the tabernacle, and of all that is in it, the sanctuary, and its furnishings."

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Exodus 25:6, Exodus 25:6, Leviticus 24:2, Leviticus 24:2, Exodus 30:23

17The Lord spoke to Moses and to Aaron, saying,

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18"Do not cut off the tribe of the families of the Kohathites from among the Levites;

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1 Samuel 6:19, 2 Samuel 6:6, 2 Samuel 6:7, Exodus 19:21, Leviticus 10:1

19but thus do to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them everyone to his service and to his burden;

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Numbers 4:15, Numbers 4:15

20but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die."

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1 Samuel 6:19, 1 Samuel 6:19, Exodus 19:21, Exodus 19:21, Numbers 4:19

21The Lord spoke to Moses, saying,

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22"Take a census of the sons of Gershon also, by their fathers' houses, by their families;

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Numbers 3:21, Numbers 3:18, Numbers 3:24, Numbers 3:21, Numbers 3:18

23you shall count them from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old; all who enter in to wait on the service, to do the work in the Tent of Meeting.

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Numbers 4:3, Numbers 4:3, 2 Timothy 4:7, 2 Corinthians 10:3, 2 Corinthians 10:5

24This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

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Numbers 4:31, Numbers 4:32, Numbers 4:15, Numbers 4:47, Numbers 4:19

25they shall carry the curtains of the tabernacle, and the Tent of Meeting, its covering, and the covering of sealskin that is above on it, and the screen for the door of the Tent of Meeting,

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Numbers 3:25, Numbers 3:26, Exodus 26:14, Numbers 3:25, Numbers 3:26

26and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.

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Exodus 27:9, Exodus 35:18, Exodus 27:9, Exodus 35:18

27At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and you shall appoint their duty to them in all their responsibilities.

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Luke 1:70, 1 Corinthians 11:2, Luke 1:70, 1 Corinthians 11:2

28This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the Tent of Meeting: and their duty shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Numbers 4:33, Numbers 4:33, 1 Corinthians 12:5, 1 Corinthians 12:6, 1 Corinthians 12:5

29"As for the sons of Merari, you shall number them by their families, by their fathers' houses;

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Numbers 3:33, Numbers 3:35, Numbers 3:33, Numbers 3:35

30you shall count them from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who enters on the service, to do the work of the Tent of Meeting.

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Numbers 4:3, Numbers 4:23, Numbers 4:3, Numbers 4:23, 1 Timothy 6:11

31This is the duty of their burden, according to all their service in the Tent of Meeting: the tabernacle's boards, its bars, its pillars, its sockets,

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Numbers 3:36, Numbers 3:37, Numbers 3:36, Numbers 3:37, Exodus 26:15

32and the pillars of the court around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden.

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Exodus 38:21, Exodus 38:21, Numbers 7:1, Numbers 3:8, 1 Chronicles 9:29

33This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the Tent of Meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest."

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Numbers 4:28, Numbers 4:28, Isaiah 3:6, Joshua 3:6, Isaiah 3:6

34Moses and Aaron and the princes of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites by their families, and by their fathers' houses,

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35from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting.

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Numbers 4:23, 1 Chronicles 23:24, Numbers 4:23, 1 Chronicles 23:24, Luke 3:23

36Those who were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred fifty.

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37These are those who were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord by Moses.

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38Those who were numbered of the sons of Gershon, their families, and by their fathers' houses,

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39from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,

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40even those who were numbered of them, by their families, by their fathers' houses, were two thousand six hundred thirty.

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Numbers 3:32, Numbers 3:32

41These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, all who served in the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord.

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42Those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, by their families, by their fathers' houses,

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43from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered into the service, for work in the Tent of Meeting,

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44even those who were numbered of them by their families, were three thousand two hundred.

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1 Corinthians 10:13, 2 Corinthians 12:9, 2 Corinthians 12:10, Deuteronomy 33:25, Numbers 3:34

45These are those who were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the commandment of the Lord by Moses.

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Numbers 4:29, Numbers 4:29

46All those who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the princes of Israel numbered, by their families, and by their fathers' houses,

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47from thirty years old and upward even to fifty years old, everyone who entered in to do the work of service, and the work of bearing burdens in the Tent of Meeting,

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1 Corinthians 12:4, 1 Corinthians 12:31, Romans 12:6, Romans 12:8, 1 Corinthians 12:4

48even those who were numbered of them, were eight thousand five hundred eighty.

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Numbers 3:39, Numbers 3:39, Matthew 7:14, Matthew 20:16, Matthew 22:15

49According to the commandment of the Lord they were numbered by Moses, everyone according to his service, and according to his burden. Thus were they numbered by him, as the Lord commanded Moses.

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Numbers 1:54, Numbers 1:54, Numbers 4:15, Numbers 4:31, Numbers 4:21